1
Asleep on my bed, night after night I dreamed of the one I love; I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.
2
I went wandering through the city, through its streets and alleys. I looked for the one I love. I looked, but couldn't find him.
3
The sentries patrolling the city saw me. I asked them, "Have you found my lover?"
4
As soon as I left them, I found him. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I took him to my mother's house, to the room where I was born.
5
Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.
6
What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?
7
Solomon is coming, carried on his throne; sixty soldiers form the bodyguard, the finest soldiers in Israel.
8
All of them are skillful with the sword; they are battle-hardened veterans. Each of them is armed with a sword, on guard against a night attack.
9
King Solomon is carried on a throne made of the finest wood.